Type-writing machine.



B. c. STIGKNEY TYPE WRITING MAOHIIIB. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1903.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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BUaNHAM c, STIQKNEY, or ELIZABETH, NEW JERsEnAssIeNoR TO UNIoN TYPEWRITER COMPANY, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION oF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITING adame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

' Application filed May 1a, 1903. Serial No tb'KGIB.

To all who'mit may concernf Be it known that I, BURNHAM C, STICK- NEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Elizabeth, in the county of Union audState of New Jersey, have invented oertain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writln Machines, of which the following is a' specliication.

hls invention relates to the paper guid Zing devices of typewriting machines, and

paper after it leaves the printing point, such forinstance as illustrated in my U. S. Patent No. 658,931, dated October 2nd, 1900; and its object is to guide the leading edge of the paper away from the platen at the proper tune, soas to avoid liability of the paper fouling with certain parts ofthe paper- I guiding and other carriage mechanism. 20...

My invention consists in. certain combina- .tlons of devices and features of construction, as W111 be hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the concludingclaims.

In the drawings foming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a front adjustable paper guide of the class described in said patent. Fig. 2 is a cross section of a paper carriage of a front strike writing machine, showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a stripper for guiding the paper away from the platen. Fig. 4 is a front view of the paper carriage.

In the several views, like signs denote like parts.

The paper carriage comprises sidebars 1 and 2, jomed by a rear bar 3, which runs upon; suitably/"supported balls't. A platen .s-is mounted upon an axle 6 which is journaled in said side bars. Behind the platen is mounted a paper shelf 7, from which the aper is fed and guided around. the platen h y pressure rollers 8 and 9 and a deflector 101, A scale 11 at the front side of the platen-is supported at its ends upon arms hese are pivoted upon the forward ends platen and have springs Exte'nding longitudinally of the platen and'ii'nounted thereover and in rear of a of fixed arms 13, which extend for-.. Wardly" beneath the 14;;for pressing the scale against the platen.

axis, is a bar 15, secured at its ends by screws 16 in the side bars 1 and 2 of the carriage. The bar is longitudinally grooved at 15, and sleeves 17 are splined thereto so as to be independently adjustable therealong. From the outer end of each sleeve an arm 18 extends forwardly directly over the platen upon its delivery side; and at its forward end the arm is bent inwardly longitudinally of the platen at 19; and u on this free end is laterally mounted a flexible finger 20, which is curved to suit the platen and extends forwardly and downwardly in front thereof, at its lower end' overlapping the platen scale, and. at its u per end approximating the bar 15, and flaring upwardly so as to make a passage for the paper over the bar. The latter 1s provided with a spring 21 for pressing the paper fingers against the platen or the paper thereon.

Between flanges 22 formed upon each sleeve 17, I mounta stripper'23, which may be formed of sheet metal, and consists of a cylindrical body portion 24 formed loosely around the sleeve 17 so as to pivot thereon, and a forwardly and downwardly inclined stripper portion 25, whose forward end may rest slightly upon the platen, the weight of the stripper being preferably sufiicient to keep it in contact with the platen. The stripper which is confined against endwise displacement by the flanges, extends between the bar 15 and the platen, and is adjacent to the upper end of the paper guiding finger 20, the latter overlying the former, as seen at Fig. 2, and the stripper and finger cooperate with opposite sides of the paper to give positive direction to the movement of the paper. The strippers also extend inwardly from said fingers towards each other, as'at Fig. 4.

The stripper preferably Widens from its front portion to its rear portion, the edge connecting said portions being oblique, as

at 26, thereby assisting in stripping the paper from the platen.

In operation, the paper is fed in b the rollers 8 and 9 and guided bythe de ector 10 and the platen. scale 11, from which it feeds between the fingers 20 and the platen and passes onward over the bar 15, emerg- ,said arms, and a pair 0 -ing between" the arms 18 and through the mounted upon saidbar for. adjustment therealong, and a stripper pivoted upon said paper-guidingdevice. ,Y,

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination witlj a=platen, of a bar extending along the p aten, a paperuiding device supportedhpon said bar fbr ad ustment therealong, said paper-guiding device extending forwardly from said bar directly over the platen and including a finger which extends partly around the platen, and said bar being arranged relative y to the platen andthe'guide *so that the paper may feed between said finger'and the platen and pass and means. adjustable onward over the bar,

with said papery-guid ng device for stripping the paper from the-plateff 4; In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, of a bar parallel therewith and arranged above the platen, a device adjustably mounted u on said bar and extending forwardly therefrom directly over the platen for guiding the paper rearwardly over said bar when it has passed the printing point," and a gravity-operated stripper connected to said paper-guiding device so as to be adjustable therewith.

- 5. In a front strike typewriting machine,

the combination with a platen of a paper guide curved to suit the platen and terminating at its lower on in front of the platen and extending upwardly and rearwardly over the platen, a bar parallel with the platen and arranged at the rear end of said guide, means extending rearwardly over the platen for supporting said guide adjustably upon'said bar, said supporting means being so a-rranged'that the paper may pass under the guide and overthe bar, and a pivoted stripper between the-bar and the platen.

6. In atypewr'i'ting machine, the combination of a platen,ja" bar extending along the platen, a pair o'f'arms adjustable along said 'bar and extending therefrom in a direction opposite to that of the advance movement of the paper, offset guidin fingers carried by strippers; the conof the parts bestruction and arrangement fed between said ing such that the paper is said bar- 'so as therealong",

' ing of-a thin metal plate arms and" under the guiding fingers and over the strippers and the bar.

T. In a typewriting machine,the combination with a platen, of paper at? the after it passes the printing point, and ad acent strippers, the fingers being adapted to cooperate with one side of the paper and the strippers withthe other side thereof, a paper fingers for guiding the g delivery side of the platen and 70 table, and a bar forward of the paper table and along which said fingers'and strippers are adjustable; said strippers operating to direct the paper over the .bar.

S. In atypewriting machine, tion with a platen, with, an arm having means for engaging 't'o -bej capable of adjustment a stripper attached to said enand a paper guide supported the combinagaging means, laterally upon the free end of said arm; relation of the parts being such that the paper when issuing from the machine passes over said stripper and said bar'and by said arm;

9. In a the combination with; a platen, of a bar above, and parallel'therewith, a sleeve adjustable along said bar, an arm extending forwardly from said sleeve, a downwardly extending paper upon the forward end of said-arm an so as to direct the paper upwardly and rear-- wardly from the printing point, and a stripper also mounted upon 'said sleeve and exte'nding forwardly therefrom paper-over the bar.

10. In a typewritingv machine, the com-' binat-ion with a platen, of a bar parallel therewith, a sleeve adjustable along said bar, an arm extending sleeve, a paper guide attached laterally to [the forward end of said arm, and a stripper also mounted upon said sleeve and extendin fg'irwardly therefrom; said sleeve being sp ined to said rod, said r m bein the sleeve, and said sleeve having anges between which said stripper is confined.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, of a bar parallel therewith, a sleeve adjustable along said bar, 1 15:

an arm extending forwardly from said sleeve, a paper guide attached laterally'upon the forward end of said arm, and a stripper also mounted upon said sleeve and extending forwardly therefrom; said stripper consistformed around the sleeve" and inclining forwardly and down wardly therefrom, and said sleeve having means for preventing displacement of the stripper. v

12, In a front strike writing machine, the combination with a platen and a bar mounted thereover, of a pair of arms adjustable along the bar and having paper-guiding fingers which conduct the paper upwardly of bar parallel therethe '85 front strike typewriting machine,

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to direct the forwardly from said 10 5 fixed to fingers which conduct the and rearwardly from the printing'poi'iit, said fingers being between said arms, and strippers coiiperatin with said guiding fingers and adjustable t ierewith along the bar; said fingers extending over said strippers so that the paper is directed over said bar.

13. In a front strike writing machine, the combination with a platen and a bar mounted thereover, of a pair of arms adjustable along the bar and having paper guiding paper upwardly rearwardly from the printlng point, said ers being between said arms, and strippers cotiperating with said guiding fingers and adjustable therewith along the bar; said fingers extending over said strippers, and the latter extending inwardly from said fingersso as to direct the paper over said bar.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen, of a bar parallel therewith, a sleeve adjustable along said bar, an arm extending forwardly from said sleeve, a paper guide attached to the forward end of said arm, and a stripper also mounted upon said sleeve and extending forwardly therefrom; said stripper inclining forwardly and downwardly from said sleeve, and widening from its front portion to its rear portion.

Signed at. the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 15th day of May A. D. 1903.

, BUR-NHAM C. STICKNEY. lVitnesses:

K. V. DONOVAN,

M. F. HANNWEBEK 

